diff --git a/.gitlab-ci.yml b/.gitlab-ci.yml
index b76f4563b12de32ec608e92971f209eebad4e457..d2ae9d1b2c67038c70a2bee7cc089555ac9ef08f 100644
--- a/.gitlab-ci.yml
+++ b/.gitlab-ci.yml
@@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ create_release:
   dependencies:
     - zip_tutorials  # Depend on the zip_tutorials job
   before_script:
-    - apt-get update && apt-get install curl -y
+    - apt-get update && apt-get install curl jq -y
     - curl -L --silent --location --output /usr/local/bin/release-cli "https://gitlab.com/api/v4/projects/gitlab-org%2Frelease-cli/packages/generic/release-cli/latest/release-cli-linux-amd64"
     - chmod +x /usr/local/bin/release-cli
   script:
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ create_release:
     - release-cli create \
       --name "Release TEST-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" \
       --tag-name "TEST-$CI_COMMIT_REF_NAME" \
-      --description $'## Test Release\nThis is a test release from the hotfix branch.'"\
+      --description $'## Test Release\nThis is a test release from the hotfix branch.'\
       --assets-link "{\"name\":\"tutorials.zip\", \"url\":\"$CI_PROJECT_URL${UPLOAD_URL}\"}"
   rules:
     - if: '$CI_COMMIT_TAG'  # Run only on tag pipelines, e.g., for release tags